Hidden power : the strategic logic of organized crime / James Cockayne.
2016
343.9.02 C635 [17-06-2300079311]
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Title
Hidden power : the strategic logic of organized crime / James Cockayne.
Author
Cockayne, James
Imprint
London : C. Hurst & Co., 2016.
Description
xix, 476p. : 22cm.
ISBN
9781849046350
Formatted Contents Note
pt. ONE A STRATEGIC APPROACH TO ORGANIZED CRIME
1. Introduction
Making sense of criminal power
Entering a gallery of mirrors
About this book
2. The Strategic Organization of Crime
What do we know about political-criminal interaction?
Criminal strategy and governmental power
Individual, network or organizational strategy?
Social bandits and primitive criminal strategy
Criminal capabilities
Coercion
Corruption
Communications
Command and control
Conclusion
pt. TWO EPISODES IN CRIMINAL STRATEGY
3. Tammany: `How New York is Governed', 1869
1920
New York's government: machine made
Guardians of the Revolution
Gangs of New York
The ghost in the machine
Boss Tweed: Lord of the Kings
A quest for influence
Monarch of Manhattan
Downfall
Honest graft
Conclusion
4. Mafia Origins, 1859
1929
Origins^^^ Profiting from transition
Organizing the Sicilian mafia
Mafia migration
The Black Hand
Modern Family
Illicit government
The Iron Prefect
Conclusion
5. War and Peace in the American Mafia, 1920
1941
War
Prohibition as a driver of innovation
Civil war in the American mafia
Mediation and betrayal
Peace
Five Families
Coup d'etat
A new governmental approach
Consolidating power
Racketeering and union power
Gambling innovation and political finance
Fall of a czar
Playing kingmaker
Mobbing up
The Boy Scout
Conclusion
6. The Underworld Project, 1941
1943
`This is a war'
Enlisting the underworld
Regular guys
Lucky's break
From watchdog to attack dog
Invading Italy
Local knowledge
Creating a fifth column
Release and exile
Conclusion
7. Governing Sicily, 1942
1968
`A bargain has been struck^^^^ Black market rents
"Wine and women and champagne'
`Our good friends'
Mafia separatism
Confrontation, accommodation or withdrawal?
The logic of mafia separatism
Seeking Great Power protection
Negotiating peace with the mafia
A bandit army
Settlement and betrayal
Negotiating Sicily's transition
A Sicilian political machine
Wisdom of the Mob
The sack of Palermo
Conclusion
8. The Cuba Joint Venture, 1933
1958
Buying into Cuba
Rise of a strongman
The `Batista Palace Gang'
Gangsterismo
A joint venture in government
The Havana Mob
Rebellion in the Mob
Revolution in Cuba
Conclusion
9. The Blue Caribbean Ocean, 1959
1983
`A gangland style killing'
Accommodation or confrontation?
Internationalizing Murder, Inc.
Seeking protection
Subversion and its unintended consequences
What went wrong at the Bay of Pigs?^^^s been struck^^^^ Learning from the Mob?
Cold War wildcard: the Missile Crisis
Did the magic button backfire?
The Bahamas and the birth of offshore capitalism
Invading Haiti
Casino capitalism
Ballots, not bullets
Epilogue: a city by the Atlantic
Conclusion
pt. THREE THE MARKET FOR GOVERNMENT
10. Strategic Criminal Positioning
The market for government
Intermediation: mafia logic
Autonomy: warlordism and gang rule
Merger: joint ventures
Strategic alliances
Terrorism as criminal positioning strategy
Relocation and blue ocean strategy
11. Innovation, Disruption and Strategy beyond the State
Innovation and disruption
Mexico: from narcocartels to narcocults
The shifting sands of the Sahel
The disruption of sovereignty
Implications
War and strategy beyond the state
Combating criminal governmentality
Managing criminal spoilers in peace and transition processes^^^uck^^^^ Envoi: the rise of criminal statecraft.
1. Introduction
Making sense of criminal power
Entering a gallery of mirrors
About this book
2. The Strategic Organization of Crime
What do we know about political-criminal interaction?
Criminal strategy and governmental power
Individual, network or organizational strategy?
Social bandits and primitive criminal strategy
Criminal capabilities
Coercion
Corruption
Communications
Command and control
Conclusion
pt. TWO EPISODES IN CRIMINAL STRATEGY
3. Tammany: `How New York is Governed', 1869
1920
New York's government: machine made
Guardians of the Revolution
Gangs of New York
The ghost in the machine
Boss Tweed: Lord of the Kings
A quest for influence
Monarch of Manhattan
Downfall
Honest graft
Conclusion
4. Mafia Origins, 1859
1929
Origins^^^ Profiting from transition
Organizing the Sicilian mafia
Mafia migration
The Black Hand
Modern Family
Illicit government
The Iron Prefect
Conclusion
5. War and Peace in the American Mafia, 1920
1941
War
Prohibition as a driver of innovation
Civil war in the American mafia
Mediation and betrayal
Peace
Five Families
Coup d'etat
A new governmental approach
Consolidating power
Racketeering and union power
Gambling innovation and political finance
Fall of a czar
Playing kingmaker
Mobbing up
The Boy Scout
Conclusion
6. The Underworld Project, 1941
1943
`This is a war'
Enlisting the underworld
Regular guys
Lucky's break
From watchdog to attack dog
Invading Italy
Local knowledge
Creating a fifth column
Release and exile
Conclusion
7. Governing Sicily, 1942
1968
`A bargain has been struck^^^^ Black market rents
"Wine and women and champagne'
`Our good friends'
Mafia separatism
Confrontation, accommodation or withdrawal?
The logic of mafia separatism
Seeking Great Power protection
Negotiating peace with the mafia
A bandit army
Settlement and betrayal
Negotiating Sicily's transition
A Sicilian political machine
Wisdom of the Mob
The sack of Palermo
Conclusion
8. The Cuba Joint Venture, 1933
1958
Buying into Cuba
Rise of a strongman
The `Batista Palace Gang'
Gangsterismo
A joint venture in government
The Havana Mob
Rebellion in the Mob
Revolution in Cuba
Conclusion
9. The Blue Caribbean Ocean, 1959
1983
`A gangland style killing'
Accommodation or confrontation?
Internationalizing Murder, Inc.
Seeking protection
Subversion and its unintended consequences
What went wrong at the Bay of Pigs?^^^s been struck^^^^ Learning from the Mob?
Cold War wildcard: the Missile Crisis
Did the magic button backfire?
The Bahamas and the birth of offshore capitalism
Invading Haiti
Casino capitalism
Ballots, not bullets
Epilogue: a city by the Atlantic
Conclusion
pt. THREE THE MARKET FOR GOVERNMENT
10. Strategic Criminal Positioning
The market for government
Intermediation: mafia logic
Autonomy: warlordism and gang rule
Merger: joint ventures
Strategic alliances
Terrorism as criminal positioning strategy
Relocation and blue ocean strategy
11. Innovation, Disruption and Strategy beyond the State
Innovation and disruption
Mexico: from narcocartels to narcocults
The shifting sands of the Sahel
The disruption of sovereignty
Implications
War and strategy beyond the state
Combating criminal governmentality
Managing criminal spoilers in peace and transition processes^^^uck^^^^ Envoi: the rise of criminal statecraft.
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